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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My name is Tom Olofsson. I am a lawyer. I help families plan for the future. My office phone is (773) 905-1193 For more info please visit my main site http://www.mytrustlawyer.com/ My hope is that this site will make it easy for you to find out about Estate Planning and to see if you would like me ...]]></description>
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		<title>5 Documents You Absolutely Need Yesterday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are 5 documents that every responsible adult needs.  We all know that life happens and unfolds in unpredictable ways and sometimes  events can place us in unfortunate circumstances. In a nutshell, these documents speak for you when you cant.   These important legal papers let your family and friends know your decisions about critical issues ...]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Trust?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At its most basic, a trust is a relationship between 3 people. These people are called the Grantor, the Trustee, and the Beneficiary. The Grantor sets up the trust and puts property into the trust. The Trustee is the manager of the trust. The Beneficiary is the person who benefits from the trust. The relationship ...]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing a Trustee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How To Choose a Trustee Many&#160;of my clients have asked me, &#8220;Who should I&#160;name&#160;as my Trustee? Should I name a family member, the trust department of a local bank,&#160;or an independent trust company?&#8221; A trust&#160;is created to last many years for the benefit of&#160;people you select.&#160; It is hard to predict how the world&#160;will change ...]]></description>
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		<title>Should I have a Will?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 Important Benefits of a Will A will does&#160;5 very important things.&#160; Cancels your old will. Names a personal representative (executor). Waives the bond on the personal representative. A will can act as a back-up document to a living trust. Names a guardian for minor children and for special needs children. There are several ways ...]]></description>
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		<title>What is Elder Law?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elder Law is a broad category of legal practice. It encompasses many of the issues that are important to Seniors and to their families. It touches upon several areas and combines them into a unified approach to the way a Senior interacts with her family, with her estate, with the government, with medical care providers, and ...]]></description>
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		<title>What is Medicaid?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid is a program that provides health insurance coverage to low-income and disabled persons. Medicaid is paid for jointly by the Federal and State governments. It also pays for nursing home care for people who qualify. Medicaid has become the largest payer of the nursing home bills of middle class Americans. In most states, including ...]]></description>
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		<title>Special Needs Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a child with special needs then you have special issues to consider. When your child reaches the age of 18 she will become elegible for state benefits. If you or other family members give valuable gifts to your child you may endanger their elegibility for those benefits. It is important that any gifts of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs Asset Protection?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who Needs Asset Protection? Anyone worried about losing some or all of their assets to lawsuit or to creditors will be interested in how those assets can be protected. We taylor a plan to the individual client. Which methods we use to help people shield their assets from loss to creditors and predators depend upon ...]]></description>
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		<title>Do Not Resuscitate Order</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past when a person did not want to be revived after a heart attack or when they had stopped breathing they would inform their physician of their decision. A note would then be placed into the patient&#8217;s medical chart. This was an informal notice, normally printed on red paper, that served to notify other caregivers. These ...]]></description>
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